The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-29
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AN enormous oil held has ocfn uio-
covered in Venezuela. near Lake Mar
acaibo
An engineer on the Wabash rail-
way, whose train has yet to meet with
its first accident. attributed his good
luck TO a cat that has been his constant
companion in the cab for year
in an advertisement by a railway
company for some uncalled-for goods
the letter ''l'' had dropped from the
word lawful, and It read: People to
whom those packages are directed are
requested to come forward and pay the
awful charges on the same"
I'm Pittsburgh theater. the other
night, citizen arose in his seat and
violently hurled potato 1T a dude
who was examining his (tnc eitizen'O
wife through an opera glass; and there
upon three or four hundred persons
vigorously applauded the husband.
In Cape Colony. South Africa, a
shepherd drove flock Of l,430 ewes
up TO a small building. in which he
took refuge from thunder storm. As
tho sheep crowded around the building
1t was struck by lightning, and 100 Of
them were killed outright The shep-
herd escaped with severe shock,
An eclipse 900 miles long from
cast to west, and GOO miles wide from
north to south. with Springfield. H..
ms its center, will inclosc an area on
which is produced about three-fourths
of tho entire grain crop Of the United
States. the animal yield varying from
/, 200, 600. 600 to 1900. 100000 bushels.
Former and Manufacturer.
The Forked Deer Blade, OF Jack
son, Tenn, announces that Miss Anna
Bell Frink, OF Brownsville, Is visiting
her uncle in jackson, and adds "A
certain young man in this city Is hereby
informed that his visits to her will not
be TO Grated by her friends. and any
effort on his part to call on her will re-
suit in unpleasantness 20 him, II not IN
bodily harm"
Somebody with fertile imagina-
ton seems to be attending to the Mcri-
can news. The story of the taranlpla
duel is followed by one which tells how
prominent politician has fallen mys-
teriously i'll with acuto mental Disco
der, produced by poison, the prcpar-
! alton of which Is known only to the
natives, and which has the property Of
causing insanity in its victims
Probably the only bootblack who
ever voluntarily gave his parents tho
money he earned is Sammy KILLER, Of
Toledo. The little fellow often COOS TO
distant towns, and his mother most OF
the time does not know where he Is
While Sammy was ut the National.
Drill at Washington his mother was
surprised 10 receive an express package
from him containing twenty-oDc dol
lars.
i An Albany matchmaker TO whom q
watch that had been dropped over
board on a fishing excursion was taken.
found that some Of the works were so
badly rustcd that they were useless.
..If,h said he, 'you had dropped your
watch in oil rs soon as you took 1t out
bot the water, or, better yet, have
dropped 1t into alcohol or any kind OF
strong liquor, 1t would have cost you
nothing but the cleaning"
The Toledo. Ann Arbor & Cadillac
Railroad Company offered an Irish
man $500 for his three years lease and
offered to move his cabin to any place
he might designate, having bought thu
land on which ii stood. Pat accepted
the offer and took the money. but wher
, the men came on to move the cabii
and asked the Hibernian where 4
move it, he said 'to Oireland The.
thought 1t was joke, but Pat hold
the fort and tho $500.
A phenomenal dog has been enjoy
ing his vacation at Oneida Lake tht
, summer. The animal seems to hay
/ an abnormal appetite for fish. AM
whenever he wants any he is in tn
habit OF catching them himself Ill
walks out into the lake, and. ATTIC
, watching the water for some time, h
makesa quick plunge and catches
, small-sized fish in his mouth. This h
, deyours and repeats the operation til
his appetite is satisfied. -Candstot
Journal.
"A young Persian nobleman by tn
name Of Hassan Dshenedei arrived re
, Gently ut Warsaw. after travelling th
) entire distance from Teheran to Wal
saw on foot He had made wager
walk from Tehcran to Paris in eigt
months, and has so far consumed 81
and one-half months on his trip. Frol
= Moscow to Warsaw he walked along III
railroad track. He has no travclin
' companion; the guarantee for I'll
/ faithful performance Of his undcrtal
1 ing lies in sacred oath taken by hi
r before starting, which binds him to u.
| no conveyance of any kind.